shellfire

[ shel-fahyuh r ]

/ ˈʃɛlˌfaɪər /

the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.

Origin of shellfire

First recorded in 1855–60; shell + fire

The railways were choked with military transport or destroyed by shellfire.

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 |Various
At the nearer edge of the woods, devastated by our shellfire, they encountered little opposition.

New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918 |Various
These men had already seen what shellfire could do to knock the beauty out of old houses and quiet streets.

Now It Can Be Told |Philip Gibbs
O'Malley sent his catch down through the shellfire, twisting and turning.

A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. |Rutherford G. Montgomery

They had been employed cutting trees, and had been under our own shellfire.

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 |Various

shellfire

/ (ˈʃɛlˌfaɪə) /

the firing of artillery shells